Does the SEC have any specific rules regarding which referees can work which games? A referee team in the Big Ten is now coming under review regarding "favoritism"... and guess where they're from... Michigan. The same ref team that JoePa complained about in PSU's loss at Michigan last week also worked the Michigan-Iowa game this past weekend. Oddly, Iowa was called for 11 penalties, including three highly questionable pass interference calls in the first half. Prior to the game, Iowa had been the least penalized team in the nation. Michigan was called for three penalties the entire game. The Penn State game and the Iowa game will now be reviewed by the Big Ten. Below is an exerpt from last week's Penn State game: Three of the officials who worked Penn State's 27-24 overtime loss at Michigan Stadium on Saturday reside in Michigan. Referee David Witvoet lives in Plainwell, Mich; umpire Tony Payne in Lansing, Mich; and back judge Dino Paganelli in Wyoming, Mich. The other officials were: Daniel Capron, of Chicago, who was reprimanded by the conference earlier this season for poor performance; line judge Tom Ransom of Frankfort, Ind; field judge James Filson of Bollingbrook, Ill.; and side judge Terry Anderson from Mineral Point, Wis. The crew called Penn State for six penalties for 46 yards; Michigan twice for nine yards. Witvoet's crew also worked last year's game at University Park, a Michigan 20-0 victory, in which Penn State was called for six penalties for 50 yards, Michigan once for 5. Witvoet's crew has worked three of the past six games involving Penn State and Michigan. In the games his crew worked this season, last season and in 1997, Penn State was penalized 19 times for 151 yards. Michigan was penalized eight times for 38 yards. When Witvoet's crew did not work, Penn State was penalized 17 times for 145 yards, Michigan 27 times for 206. "You try not to be paranoid," Paterno said. "But the same crew that did this game did last year's game. Last year [Michigan] had one penalty called against them; this year two. So you start to wonder and you look at it. It starts to get obvious when you start to look at tapes and wonder why things weren't called. I am sure that happens to people who play against us. You don't expect people to be perfect, but you start to get concerned when it gets to be a little lopsided." Michigan Rules (in more ways than one)
Dont know about a rule but I hate Michigan so much I cant stand it. Realistically, they could have lost every game this year.
well, I know that a ref that worked the Baylor/Nebraska game 2 weeks ago was a former Nebraska QB. No lie.........that definitely should not be allowed. http://www.baylorfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88902
Do you have a link to this story? Not questioning its validity, just wondering if there is an actual write-up about it.
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/psu/20021016psu1016p4.asp http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/sports/highschool/s_96677.html The Iowa AD filed our grievance this afternoon. I'm not big on blaming refs for stuff... we've had many calls go our way over the years, but I will say one of the calls they made early on smelled like an Amsterdam whorehouse at low tide.
Officiating has been horrible in all sports in recent times. I thought it was the players on the field who were supposed to decide the outcome of the games, not the refs. I think it's an embarassment and something should be done. Hell, my roommate, a HUGE Michigan fan (and one of the biggest sports homers I know) even acknowledged that Iowa got hosed on a lot of calls.
When i was in college we were playing for the conference championship in the last game at home against our arch rival. We had 2 touchdowns called back on mysterious late flags and they scored the winning touchdown with an illegal receiver with just a few seconds left. The next day it was mentioned that 7 of the 8 officials had graduated from the other school. How is that for getting the screw put to you.
Wouldn't you know it, even the Sooner farkers have picked up on Michigan's newfound fame. http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52194
